I don't think the coin is dead or dying... it was just caught in the loop of "no activity , thus no trader interest ,, no trader interest, thus no activity" .. to attract interest, a new parameter must be injected, maybe a realignment of goal, new features etc.
the dev is solid, however, he is working on this alone, which is the downside of this coin. I hope that there is a support team that can work on developing the coin while Tribesman is busy,
the problem is not the coin it works fine is that there is no drive to market it. it as to be used in the real world for it to gain traction